Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS vii
4. Hispano-Jewish Society: An Introduction ix
5. Before Caliphs and Kings: Jewish Courtiers in Medieval Iberia 1
6. The World of Samuel Halevi: Testimony from the El Transito Synagogue of Toledo 33
7. The Jew as Scientist and Philosopher in Medieval Iberia 60
8. The Jewish Physician in Medieval Iberia (1100-1500) 102
9. The Unknown Jewish Artists of Medieval Iberia 138
10. The Jews of Barcelona in Maritime Trade with the East 180
11. Jews and Finance in Medieval Iberia 227
12. The Jewish Woman in Medieval Iberia 257
13. Jews as Masters of Secrets in Late Thirteenth-Century Castile 286
14. Hasdai Crescas: Portrait of a Leader at a Time of Crisis 309
15. Sephardic Intellectuals: Challenges and Creativity (1391 - 1492) 352
16. From Al-Andalus to North Africa: The Lineage and Scholarly Genealogy of a Jewish Family 395
17. Contributors 426
18. Index 430